2024 X.Org Foundation Election Candidates

[Christopher Michael]

To all X.Org Foundation Members:

The election for the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors will begin on 
25th March 2024. We have 5 candidates who are running for 4 seats. They 
are (in alphabetical order):

  * Erik Faye-Lund
  * Mark Filion
  * Neal Gompa
  * David Heidelberg
  * Simon Ser


Attached below are the Personal Statements each candidate submitted for 
your consideration along with their Statements of Contribution that they 
submitted with the membership application. Please review each of the 
candidates' statements to help you decide whom to vote for during the 
upcoming election.
If you have questions of the candidates, you should feel free to ask 
them here on the mailing list.
The election committee will provide detailed instructions on how the 
voting system will work when the voting period begins.

Christopher Michael, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee



*Erik Faye-Lund*

Personal Statement:

Hey, I'm Erik and I work at Collabora as a principal engineer. My work 
there mostly evolves around Mesa, Panfrost, and open-source graphics in 
general. I've been in the graphics industry for over two decades now, 
and I have some experience with organizational work as well. I've been 
arranging demoscene parties since the late 90s, and are on the board of 
a Norwegian demoscene interest organization as well. If elected, I plan 
on trying to help out wherever I can. I have no big ambitions for 
radical change, but I'm also not opposed to modernizing things a bit 
where it makes sense. Statement of Contribution: I've been actively 
contributing to Mesa and the related projects since early 2013, touching 
almost every part of the stack on the way, from drivers to 
documentation. I've also regularly attended XDC since 2018, and I 
usually come with some sort of presentation. It's one of my favorite 
conferences, and I would love to contribute to ensuring its future.

Statement of Contribution:

I work on Mesa and other open-source graphics technologies.


*Mark Filion*

Personal Statement:

I have proudly served on the X.Org board since 2020, elected as as the 
first non-technical member (I am not a developer but a marketing guy). 
I organized the 2019 edition of XDC in Montreal and am currently focused 
on putting together the 2024 edition. I have assisted with a number of 
tasks on the board including elections & the recurring sponsor drive.

It has been thrilling to see open source graphic drivers flourish in 
recent years and if re-elected, I hope to continue putting my marketing 
knowledge to use to make more noise for X.Org and support it in its 
ongoing growth, and especially in its key transition to a new fiscal 
sponsor.

Statement of Contribution:

Senior Marketing Manager @ Collabora & Organizer of XDC 2019 in Montreal.



*Neal Gompa*

Personal Statement:

I'm a big believer in trying to contribute to the success of what I use 
as a way to pay things forward. Admittedly, I'm no amazingly super-wise 
desktop developer (though I do get around and contribute code to a 
variety of projects...), but I've been a Linux desktop user for most of 
my life now, and I appreciate all the amazing work everyone does. If my 
being part of the X.Org Board of Directors can help with the growth and 
success of the FOSS desktop community, then I'm happy to step up and 
help out.

Statement of Contribution:

In the context of the Xorg/FreeDesktop space, I participate in the 
Wayland protocol discussions and help with reviews in various components 
in the graphics stack. I also attempt to contribute to a variety of 
projects in order to support the growth and adoption of the next 
generation of FOSS desktops.


*David Heidelberg*

Personal Statement:

I consider the X.Org foundation valuable for keeping an open and fair 
environment for developing multiple desktop and mobile-related 
technologies. I would like to contribute to the project, so the project 
can deliver these values for many more upcoming years.

Statement of Contribution:

I've been contributing to the X.Org stack since 2009, worked on Gallium 
Nine project in 2014 - 2017, contributed to multiple projects and most 
recently currently working on Mesa3D CI infrastructure and related tasks.


*Simon Ser*

Personal statement:

I've been involved in FreeDesktop.Org for a few years now, starting with 
Wayland then DRM + Mesa. Lately I've been helping out with more stuff 
not directly related to development such as volunteering as a Google 
Summer of Code mentor, maintaining the server infrastructure and joining 
the Code of Conduct team. I would like to continue down that road, in 
particular to assist Sima in securing sponsors.

Statement of Contribution:

I maintain a lot of Wayland-related software, such as Wayland itself, 
wlroots and Sway. I contribute regularly to Mesa and the kernel's DRM 
subsystem. I help with sysadmin and Code of Conduct stuff as well.
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